Recent content by MikeP07646

Not always easy, but it really hinges on self-talk in my opinion. We all have a little voice and have to bitch-slap it once and a while. That and some positive reframing/visualization really can help, but you have to be realistic also and know that life will sometimes just be a pit of despair.

Agreed. Judd Apatow's later attempt at TV, 'Undeclared', was almost as good and also short-lived. I think that Amy Poehler had a bit part in 'Undeclared' as well as some of the 'Freaks' alumni. Underdog shows with underdog characters never (supposedly) get enough ratings. Could just be the...

In addition to the usual suspects which cannot be denied (Miles, Coltrane, etc.) Thelonious in Action: Recorded at the Five Spot Cafe: Monk comes immediately to mind, as does Mr. Hancock, specifically The New Standard and Gershwin's World. Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy, Ambassador...

Stranger than Fiction for sure. Ghost World with Steve Buscemi and Thora Birch and Scarlett Johansson :m032: comes immediately to mind also.

Merle Shain had a great book in the late-80's called "Hearts That We Broke Long Ago" which is full of essays that put relationship issues like this in great perspective. OOP, but fairly easily found on the used market. Love? Horrible isn't it? It allows someone to have a glance inside you and...